Trenton vice principal punched by student in alleged Facebook dispute

TRENTON — A Trenton seventh-grader was arrested after she entered the Rivera Learning Community on Montgomery Street looking to fight a former classmate and punched the school’s vice principal.

The girl, whose name or exact age was not released by both police and the school district, was a former student of the school and she returned there Thursday morning looking to fight another student over a dispute that started on Facebook. She was confronted by Vice Principal David Hession, who she punched in the face before proceeding to smash various student science projects. Two security guards grabbed and detained her before police placed her under arrest, Sgt. Mark Kieffer said.

She has been referred to the Middlesex County Youth Home.

Per district policy, the student has been giving a nine-day out-of-school suspension for assaulting a faculty member, Superintendent Francisco Duran said. Further disciplinary action will be determined once she is released from the youth home. The juvenile was charged with assault, trespassing and criminal mischief. Duran said Hession was not seriously injured.